What kind of tree is this?

Question

I grew up in Jacksonville, FL at my grandmother's house. She had a beautiful shade tree in her front yard that had fruit (not edible) which resembled big, green balls white a milky, white sap in them. She always called it a Sage Orange tree but I haven't been able to find anything online about them... My husband said it sounds like a tree that's pretty common up north where he's from... any ideas what it is? THANKS!

Answer 1

Close. Osage Orange, scientific name is Maclura pomifera. Other vernacular names are Hedge Apple, Bodark. Bodark is from the French Bois d'arc because the wood of this tree is good for making archery bows.

Answer 2

Osage-orange

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage-orange

Answer 3

Osage Orange, also known as a hedge ball tree. They are all over in central Illinois and here in the part of Missouri we now live in. The limbs make great fence posts. It has so much natural creosote in it, that bugs don't bother it and the weather doesn't destroy it. They last for 50 years or more.

Answer 4

Sounds like a Bois D'Arc tree if the fruits are very bumpy. We always called them horse apples. The wood is extremely hard and was used by the Indians to make bows. I have also heard that placing pieces of horse apple in cabinets and sheds will help keep roaches away.

Answer 5

here in Puerto Rico we've a tree it particularly is termed flamboyan it is a gorgeous tree yet very complicated. because of the fact once you planted in the start it sames ok and then with circumstances is going by the roots brake something it particularly is interior the way. even whether it is planted like 50 ft variety a house it is going to brake it and torn it down. Like bush is doing he lives a techniques from Iraq and he had made lot of harm to that united states.

Answer 6

osage orange, more commomly known as hedge apple.